struct atmel_pwm_bl *pwmbl;
        int retval;
 
+       pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
+       if (!pdata)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       if (pdata->pwm_compare_max < pdata->pwm_duty_max ||
+                       pdata->pwm_duty_min > pdata->pwm_duty_max ||
+                       pdata->pwm_frequency == 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        pwmbl = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct atmel_pwm_bl),
                                GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!pwmbl)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        pwmbl->pdev = pdev;
-
-       pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
-       if (!pdata) {
-               retval = -ENODEV;
-               goto err_free_mem;
-       }
-
-       if (pdata->pwm_compare_max < pdata->pwm_duty_max ||
-                       pdata->pwm_duty_min > pdata->pwm_duty_max ||
-                       pdata->pwm_frequency == 0) {
-               retval = -EINVAL;
-               goto err_free_mem;
-       }
-
        pwmbl->pdata = pdata;
        pwmbl->gpio_on = pdata->gpio_on;
 
        retval = pwm_channel_alloc(pdata->pwm_channel, &pwmbl->pwmc);
        if (retval)
-               goto err_free_mem;
+               return retval;
 
        if (pwmbl->gpio_on != -1) {
                retval = devm_gpio_request(&pdev->dev, pwmbl->gpio_on,
                                        "gpio_atmel_pwm_bl");
-               if (retval) {
-                       pwmbl->gpio_on = -1;
+               if (retval)
                        goto err_free_pwm;
-               }
 
                /* Turn display off by default. */
                retval = gpio_direction_output(pwmbl->gpio_on,
 
 err_free_pwm:
        pwm_channel_free(&pwmbl->pwmc);
-err_free_mem:
+
        return retval;
 }